How often should you trim your hedges?
Grumpty's answer
Every 6 months
Why bother
Left alone they go leggy and bare at the bottom. A thorough-tier job. Skippable when life's busy, worth it when it isn't.
Why it's a range
Privet and laurel want three or four cuts a year. Slow conifers can go one to two.
When to start thinking about it
A few days' warning does it. Grumpty grumbles 5 days out, then leaves you alone. Mark it done and Grumpty sets the next one, every 6 months, so you can go back to forgetting it exists.
Let Grumpty remember it for you
Add it once. Grumpty tracks the date, grumbles when it's due, and rolls it forward the moment you mark it done. No spreadsheets, no sticky notes, no forgetting.
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